Data Source: from January 1985 to June 2026
Consolidated Returns as of 30 June 2026

Managing the Merrill Lynch Edge Select Moderately Aggressive Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 9.08% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 8.08%.

How do returns and drawdowns change, implementing different rebalancing strategies?

Rebalancing Strategies

In order to keep risk under control, you should rebalance assets quotes from time to time, so to keep them at the original percentage of the asset allocation.

Portfolio Returns as of Jun 30, 2026

Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the Merrill Lynch Edge Select Moderately Aggressive Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

MERRILL LYNCH EDGE SELECT MODERATELY AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: January 1985 - June 2026
Annualized Returns
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Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Jun 30, 2026
Rebalancing Strategy 1Y 5Y 10Y 30Y MAX
(~42Y)
No Rebalancing 21.63 (0) 11.10 (0) 13.68 (0) 9.08 (0) 10.69 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 19.22 (1) 8.37 (5) 10.41 (10) 8.23 (30) 10.20 (42)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 19.08 (2) 8.15 (10) 10.30 (20) 8.08 (60) 10.02 (83)
Quarterly Rebalancing 19.22 (4) 8.14 (20) 10.36 (40) 8.11 (120) 10.03 (166)
5% Tolerance per asset 19.78 (0) 8.33 (2) 10.47 (4) 8.28 (12) 10.19 (16)
10% Tolerance per asset 19.54 (0) 8.72 (1) 10.87 (2) 8.06 (3) 10.13 (5)

In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Merrill Lynch Edge Select Moderately Aggressive Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.

Performances as of Jun 30, 2026

Historical returns and stats of Merrill Lynch Edge Select Moderately Aggressive Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

MERRILL LYNCH EDGE SELECT MODERATELY AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: January 1985 - June 2026
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 10.69 (0) 13.34 0.80 -45.75 0.23
Yearly Rebalancing 10.20 (42) 11.19 0.91 -38.23 0.27
Half Yearly Rebalancing 10.02 (83) 11.17 0.90 -38.78 0.26
Quarterly Rebalancing 10.03 (166) 11.22 0.89 -39.22 0.26
5% Tolerance per asset 10.19 (16) 11.43 0.89 -38.74 0.26
10% Tolerance per asset 10.13 (5) 11.59 0.87 -40.33 0.25
(*) Since Jan 1985 (~42 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Jun 30, 2026

Historical Drawdowns of Merrill Lynch Edge Select Moderately Aggressive Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

MERRILL LYNCH EDGE SELECT MODERATELY AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: January 1985 - June 2026
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-45.75
Nov 2007 - Apr 2011
-38.23
Nov 2007 - Dec 2010
-38.78
Nov 2007 - Dec 2010
-39.22
Nov 2007 - Dec 2010
-38.74
Nov 2007 - Dec 2010
-40.33
Nov 2007 - Apr 2011
-37.02
Apr 2000 - Sep 2005
-25.60
Sep 2000 - Jan 2004
-26.21
Sep 2000 - Feb 2004
-26.02
Sep 2000 - Jan 2004
-26.70
Apr 2000 - Oct 2004
-27.82
Apr 2000 - Nov 2004
-26.76
Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
-22.31
Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
-22.29
Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
-22.44
Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
-22.86
Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
-23.65
Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
-19.10
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
-19.36
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
-18.78
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
-18.12
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
-18.79
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
-18.76
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
-17.68
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
-14.29
Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
-14.29
Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
-14.29
Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
-15.77
May 2011 - Mar 2012
-16.21
Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-29.26 -23.96 -24.07 -24.02 -24.57 -25.35
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-21.28 -17.51 -17.55 -17.50 -18.00 -18.54

For a deeper insight, please refer to the Merrill Lynch Edge Select Moderately Aggressive Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.